School Level Program Admissions

Maryville University

Bachelor Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Website

California State University San Marcos

Bachelor Online Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Justice Studies Website

University of Texas Permian Basin

Bachelor Online Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies Website

Utica University

Bachelor Online Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Website

Campbellsville University

Associate AS in Criminal Justice Administration Website

Concordia University - Saint Paul

Bachelor BA in Criminal Justice Website

Michigan State University

Master Online MS in Cybercrime and Digital Investigation Website

University of Texas Permian Basin

Master Online MS in Criminal Justice Administration Website

Aurora University

Bachelor Online BA in Criminal Justice Website

Campbellsville University

Bachelor BS in Criminal Justice Administration Website
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The current political landscape is shaping up to have criminal justice reform be at the front of a lot of other issues regarding the volume of incarcerated prisoners, three strike rules, and ways to prevent recidivism.

New Mexico is no different when it comes to looking at their laws but a recent shooting of a Rio Rancho police officer by a repeat violent offender has spurred the creation of a group called the Multidisciplinary Violent Crime Review. source The group will be looking at New Mexico policies around violent crimes and come up with solutions to problems that they find. The group is still very new but their findings could have major effects on New Mexico criminal justice system policies.

It is these kinds of changes that can ripple down to the criminal justice degree curriculum as the environment is constantly changing (and so the education needs to change too). Outside of those current happenings within New Mexico around criminal justice, we also wanted to provide you with some state-level data. As a potential criminal justice student, you should understand your surrounding environment along with the education level of that population. We utilized US census data to pull these stats.

  • 2014 Population Estimate: 2.085 million
  • Persons under the age of 18: 24.3 percent
  • Persons over the age of 25 with a high school degree: 83.6 percent
  • Persons over the age of 25 with a bachelor degree: 25.8 percent

New Mexico is below the national average for persons over the age of 25 with a bachelor degree (28.8 percent) and a high school degree (86 percent). That should not be a guiding force in your decision on the level of education you need to get into a criminal justice career but could be an aspect to consider. You should understand the level of degree required to meet what many have as well as understand if you even need an associate has, bachelor has, or master has degree in criminal justice.

Criminal Justice Degree Expectations

When people commit to selecting a degree that they want to major in, they can sometimes think that all of their classes will center around that one particular subject. If you are getting a BA or BS in Criminal Justice, you will often times have general ed courses required to complete which can actually make up a good portion of your degree course hours. We went to New Mexico State University has criminal justice major map to show an example of what we hare talking about. Here are a few notes based on the 2014-2015 or newer catalog year based on that major map:

  • Their Term 1 recommendations has a total of 16 hours being taken and ten of those hours are comprised of classes like Rhetoric/Composition, College Algebra, and Humanities and Fine Arts.It is important to understand that an undergraduate degree like this one will be comprised with required general education courses similar to what New Mexico State University has listed.
  • Their Term 7 & 8 has recommended courses that are comprised of 300 and 400 level required criminal justice major courses along with several upper division electives. As electives, it will be up to you to select which courses serve the requirement. Some of those higher level criminal justice requirements might actually give you options between 2 or 3 different classes (that are focused around the same subject).

While this degree plan is specifically for New Mexico State University has criminal justice major, you can glean an idea of what other schools may require. We encourage you to research and review the syllabus around your interested schools criminal justice degree.

New Mexico Criminal Justice Organizations

We have given you a lot of tools, data, and information around the criminal justice schools in New Mexico as well as possible curriculum requirements but understand that firsthand knowledge can also go a long ways. We have compiled a list of organizations located in New Mexico that we encourage you to reach out to.

Be sure to try and not send a general email and hope that somebody else takes the initiative to respond. Try to find a person within the organization that you think would be insightful around what it takes to attain a criminal justice degree in New Mexico.

List of Criminal Justice Programs in New Mexico

School Level Program Admissions

Maryville University

Bachelor Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Website

California State University San Marcos

Bachelor Online Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Justice Studies Website

University of Texas Permian Basin

Bachelor Online Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies Website

Utica University

Bachelor Online Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Website

Campbellsville University

Associate AS in Criminal Justice Administration Website

Concordia University - Saint Paul

Bachelor BA in Criminal Justice Website

Michigan State University

Master Online MS in Cybercrime and Digital Investigation Website

University of Texas Permian Basin

Master Online MS in Criminal Justice Administration Website

Aurora University

Bachelor Online BA in Criminal Justice Website

Campbellsville University

Bachelor BS in Criminal Justice Administration Website

Campbellsville University

Master MS in Justice Studies: Criminology Track Website

Campbellsville University

Master MS in Justice Studies: Public Services Leadership and Social Justice Track Website

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Master Master of Science in Cyber and Homeland Security Website

Utica University

Bachelor Bachelor's in Criminal Intelligence Analysis Website

Utica University

Bachelor BS in Criminal Justice - Cyber Criminology and Policy Website
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All Criminal Justice Programs

See below for the list of all of the Criminal Justice in New Mexico. Find the best program for you online or in New Mexico.

Brookline College-Albuquerque

Albuquerque NM
  • A.S. in Criminal Justice
  • A.S. in Criminal Justice Online
  • B.S. in Criminal Justice
  • B.S. in Criminal Justice Online

Brown Mackie College-Albuquerque

Albuquerque NM
  • A.A.S. in Criminal Justice
  • B.S. in Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Justice Diploma

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque NM
  • A.A.S. in Criminal Justice

Clovis Community College

Clovis NM
  • A.A.S. in Criminal Justice

Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus

Portales NM
  • B.S. in Criminal Justice

Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus

Roswell NM
  • A.A. in Criminal Justice

Eastern New Mexico University-Ruidoso Campus

Ruidoso NM
  • A.A. in Criminal Justice

Luna Community College

Las Vegas NM
  • A.A. in Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Justice Certificate

Mesalands Community College

Tucumcari NM
  • A.A. in Criminal Justice

National American University-Albuquerque

Albuquerque NM
  • A.A.S. in Criminal Justice Online
  • B.S. in Criminal Justice
  • B.S. in Criminal Justice Online

New Mexico Junior College

Hobbs NM
  • A.A. in Criminal Justice
  • A.A.S. in Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Justice Certificate

New Mexico State University-Alamogordo

Alamogordo NM
  • Associates of Criminal Justice

New Mexico State University-Carlsbad

Carlsbad NM
  • Associates of Criminal Justice

New Mexico State University-Dona Ana

Las Cruces NM
  • A.A.S. in Corrections
  • A.A.S. in Law Enforcement
  • Associates of Criminal Justice
  • Law Enforcement Certificate

New Mexico State University-Main Campus

Las Cruces NM
  • Bachelor of Criminal Justice
  • Bachelor of Criminal Justice Online
  • Master of Criminal Justice
  • Master of Criminal Justice Online

Northern New Mexico College

Espa–ola NM
  • A.A. in Criminal Justice

Santa Fe Community College

Santa Fe NM
  • A.A. in Criminal Justice
  • A.A.S. in Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Investigation Certificate
  • Police Supervision Certificate

University of the Southwest

Hobbs NM
  • B.S. in Criminal Justice
  • B.S. in Criminal Justice Online

Western New Mexico University

Silver City NM
  • A.S. in Criminal Justice
  • A.S. in Criminal Justice Online
  • B.A.S. in Criminal Justice
  • B.A.S. in Criminal Justice Online
  • Criminal Justice Certificate

Still Looking for a Criminal Justice Program?

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